Young Australian women's aspirations for work and family: Individual and sociocultural differences

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 204-220

  Johnstone, Melissa ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Family; Hakim; Work; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349868475     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9622-8     Document Type: Article

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